NEWS
2019
– America 1979, the short film, featured on Comcast’s Cinema Asia America VOD channel
– Love Boat Taiwan wins Audience Award at Nomad Film Festival in Taipei
– Love Boat: Taiwan screens at CAAMfest
– Love Boat: Taiwan premieres at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
-America 1979, the pilot script, is script of the month on scriptd.com
2018
– Iran Hyphenated, a short film program co-curated by Lila and Sara Zia Ebrahimi Hughes screens at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, co-sponsored by The Asian Arts Initiative
– Iran Hyphenated, screens in Berkeley, sponsored by Aftab, Diaspora Arts and Center for Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University
– Iran Hyphenated, screens in Washington DC, sponsored by Aftab Committee
– America 1979 the short film, featured on Comcast’s Cinema Asia America VOD channel
– America 1979 television pilot selected for second round at Sundance Episodic Lab
– America 1979 television pilot selected for second round at Macro Episodic Lab
– America 1979 television pilot semifinalist at Cinequest Film Festival
2017
– Interviewed by Barbara Ann O’Leary for Directed by Women
– America 1979 the short film, featured on Comcast’s Cinema Asia America VOD channel
– America 1979 television pilot selected for IFP Week, No Borders Section
– America 1979 television pilot semifinalist for We Screenplay Diverse Voices
– America 1979 television pilot semifinalist for Stage 32 Television Writers
– Speak Chinglish screens at CAAMfest
– America 1979 the short film is picked up for distribution by Gravitas Pictures
– Personal Essay “For Persian New Year, a Real Post about Real Persians” appears on Seed and Spark